Improvement in clothes-driers



H. H.KCLARK.

improvemen in Clothes Drierrs. m No. 124,331. 'd Patented Marcha, 1872.

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IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-DRIERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,331, dated March 5, 1872.A

I, HARRY H. CLARK, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Suspended Clothes-Rack, of which the following is a specification:

My invention relates to aform of clothesrack capable, when in use, ot'being suspended from a ceiling at any convenient altitude and, when done with, of being' folded in a very compact compass.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure lis a perspective view ot'ta rack embodying my invention. Fig.2 is an axial section ot' the same.

A is a stem surmounted by an eye or loop, B, and having secured in its lower end a heavy pendentbob or ballast-ball, C. Projecting rectangular-ly from the. stem A isa collar, l), to which are hinged a congeries of arms, E, which, in their extended position, radiate from the stem as a common center and rest horizontally upon the said collar in the manner shown. Uheeks or battens F, secured at proper equal distances around the margin ot' the collar D, assist in holding the said arms to their proper equidistant and precisely radial position, as represented. Ot' the above arms four opposite and equidistant ones are provided underneath with staples G, which, when the rack is in use, receive hooks H, that are engaged in staples I in the under side ofthe collar. Each of the arinsthus provided with staples terminates with a hook, J, tor-a purpose that will presently appear. The eye B is designed to receive a hook, K, at the extremity of a- Cord, L, which, passing' over shears or pulleys M M attached to the ceiling, has its other end made fast, when desired, to a'belaying-pin, N, or

other convenient projection from the wall of the room. Attached to and extending ohliquely downward and outward from the cord L are stay-ropes or guys O, whose terminal eyes engage over the hooks J before spoken of, and thus coact with the hooks H and pendant C to hold the rack steady and preserve its equi` libriuni. The rack, having been iilled with clothes, may be elevated almost to the ceiling, so as to be comparatively or wholly out'of the way of the occupants of the room, and be at the same time in the driest and warmest stratum otair, and consequently that best adapted for speedy drying ot the clothes; which having been effected, the rack may be again lowered and receive,v another load. When done with, the rack may, it' desired, be either drawn up to the ceiling and there remain out of the way until again wanted, (see Fig. 1,) or may be taken down by disengaging the hooks J and K, upon which, the hooks H being likewise disengaged, the apparatus may then be folded together for convenient and compact storage, (See Fig. 2.)

While describing the preferred form of my device, I reserve the right to vary the same in non-essential particulars-for example: one or more counterbalance weights may be attached to the opposite extremity from the ra ck of the cord L, or said extremity may engage around a small winch provided with a pawl and ratchet. Again, the pendent ball C may be replaced by a box or pocket to receive any heavy bodies.

I claim as new and of my invention- The suspendable and foldable rack, comprising-for its elements the looped and weighted stem A B C, whose collar D supports the-.hin ged radiating arms E, in combina-tion with the hooks H, J, and K, staples G and I, stays O, cord L, and pulleys M M', arranged and opera-tin g asset forth.

In testimony of which invention 1 hereunto set my hand.

HARRY H. CL ARK.

Witnesses:

GEC. H. KNIGHT, J AMES H. LAYMAN.

NTED STATES PATENT CFFICE. 

